POST YOUR BEE SHOTS (any non-butterfly all pollinators are welcome - wasps, etc.)

This female Sweat Bee is using her mandibles to strip pollen out of a Sourgrass anther. I shot a video on how I take these photos.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 2.5x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI, Denoise AI, and Clarity in that order. I was holding on to the flower's stem with my left hand, and then resting the lens on that same hand to help keep the scene steady. Easier to do on days when it's windy since the vibrations that I create when I grab onto the flower are masked by the breeze.

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Being a motorsports shooter, i do not own any macro lenses, this was shot with a 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII with extension tubes attached on it..(actually my first try with the tubes as i was bored)

On a gaillardia flower in FLorida.

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Globe Mallow Bee peering out of it's chimney.

A Paper Wasp on a Sacred Bamboo Shrub in our back garden, blowing bubbles...

Cheers

Dennis

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This female Sweat Bee is using her mandibles to strip pollen out of a Sourgrass anther. I shot a video on how I take these photos, and in it I try to grab onto the flower but there wasn't enough wind and the bee took off.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 2.5x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC, second curtain sync). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI, Denoise AI, and Clarity in that order. I was holding on to the flower's stem with my left hand, and then resting the lens on that same hand to help keep the scene steady. Easier to do on days when it's windy since the vibrations that I create when I grab onto the flower are masked by the breeze.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2iSp​G86

First time I've ever seen this....

You captured that very well
Interesting. Was the the demise of the bee or did it fly off?

Shufu wrote in post #19044805
From my walk..

avondale87 wrote in post #19051518
You captured that very well
Interesting. Was the the demise of the bee or did it fly off?

Dead.....

Another one from my walk

A few of the local bees enjoying our Hakia tree, quick photo taken with my phone.

Rick

Lithurgopsis apicalis in a Prickly Pear Cactus Flower, missing an antennae.

NateD wrote in post #19052455
Lithurgopsis apicalis in a Prickly Pear Cactus Flower, missing an antennae.

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Gorgeous shot.

Almost afraid to post, you guys are getting such beautiful shots!